When people make risky investments in the stock market during the Great Depression.
a) over speculation
b) collapse
What is over speculation?
100
Stock speculation was a cause of the Great Depression. During this time, people ________________ when stock prices crashed.
a) bought lots of stocks
b) borrowed money they could not repay.
What is borrowed money they could not repay.
100
A large number of banks and businesses _______________ during the Great Depression.
a) great
b) failed
What is failed?
100
What did the Environmental Improvement Program do?
a) provide jobs for people
b) brought electricity and water control to the South
c) Increased pay
What is b) brought electricity and water control to the South?
100
The day the Stock Market Crashed is known as __________________.
a) Sunny Saturday
b) Red Wednesday
c) Black Tuesday
What is Black Tuesday?
200
The name given to the laws designed to relieve people during the Great Depression.
a) Social Security
b) New Deal
What is New Deal?
200
The _____________________ (the bank of all banks) failed and could not stop the "collapse" of the banking system.
a) Social Security
b) Federal Reserve
What is Federal Reserve?
200
True or False: 15% of workers lost their jobs.
What is False; 25% of workers lost their jobs.
200
Which group of people are assisted through the Social Security Program?
a) babies and children
b) teenagers and college students
c) the elderly, unemployed, and disabled
What is the elderly, unemployed, and disabled?
200
Who was elected president during the Great Depression?
a) Hoover
b) Edison
c) Roosevelt
What is Roosevelt?
300
A period of time in the US where the economy and businesses struggled.
a) Great Depression
b) Federal Reserve
What is Great Depression?
300
Economic Policies, such as the use of __________________ on goods coming into and out of the US made it hard for international trade to take place.
a) stocks
b) tariffs
What is tariffs?
300
What were two ways people were impacted by the great depression?
a) became rich and got new cars
b) became hungry and homeless
c) started new businesses and careers
What is became hungry and homeless?
300
Which program provided jobs for the unemployed?
a) Increased Rights for Labor
b) Farm Assistance Programs
c) Federal Work Programs
What is c) Federal Work Programs
300
During the 1930's severe storms rolled through midwestern states, wreaking havoc on farms and crops. What was the nickname of this area?
a) Cyclone city
b) Typhoonville
c) The Dustbowl
What is the Dustbowl?
400
A unit or share of ownership that a company sells to outsiders.
a) tariff
b) stock
What is stock?
400
True or False: The Stock Market Crashed on October 29, 1929.
What is TRUE?
400
How were farmers impacted by the Great Depression?
a) their crops great exponentially
b) they bought more land for farming
c) they lost money and left their farms
What is they lost money and left their farms?
400
Which program paid farmers to stop growing certain crops and also assisted those in "Dust Bowl" states?
a) Environmental Improvement Programs
b) Farm Assistance Program
c) Social Security
What is b) Farm Assistance Program?
400
What is international trade?
a) exchanging goods and services between states
b) exchanging goods and services between countries
What is b) exchanging goods and services between countries?